Mordad: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox month

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| native_name = {{Native name|fa|مرداد}}

| calendar = [[Solar Hijri calendar]]

| num = 5

| days = 31

| season = Summer

| gregorian = July-August

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| prev_month = [[Tir (month)|Tir]]

| next_month = [[Shahrivar]]

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'''Mordad''' ({{lang-fa|مرداد|Mordād}}, {{IPA-fa|moɾˈdɒːd}}<ref name=": 0">{{Cite web | url = http://www.jahanshiri.ir/fa/en/vocab-months-seasons.php| title = Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary| date = 2014| access-date = September 8, 2014}}</ref>) is the fifth month of the [[Solar Hijri calendar]], the official calendar of [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref name=": 0" /> Mordad has thirty-one days,<ref name=": 0" /> beginning in July and ending in August of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It is the second month of summer after [[Tir (month)|Tir]], and is followed by [[Shahrivar]].<ref name=": 0" /> The [[Afghan Persian]] name is '''Asad'''; in [[Pashto]] it is '''[[Zmaray]]'''. The name is derived from [[Ameretat]], the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] divinity/divine concept of [[immortality]].

== Events ==

* 13 - 1170 - The [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]], predecessor of current [[United States Coast Guard]], is founded as the US Revenue Marine by then Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

* 24 - 1324 - the [[Hirohito surrender broadcast]], pre-recorded days before, is aired on NHK radio, formally declaring the end of all combat actions of the army and navy of the Empire of Japan and the acceptance of the terms of unconditional surrender of the country, people and armed forces to the Allies in accordance with the provisions of the [[Potsdam Declaration]].

* 26 - 1324 - [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence]]

* 23 - 1326 - [[Partition of India]] - Independence of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] from Great Britain is achieved.

* 28 - 1332 - Iranian Prime Minister [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]] is overthrown in a coup d'état with the backing of the United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]], beginning the nearly 25-year reign of the pro-US [[Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi]]. In the West, the August 19th 1953 coup is commonly known as by its CIA cryptonym, [[Operation Ajax]], whereas in Iran it is commonly referred to as the 28th Mordad Coup.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

* 18 - 1344 - [[Proclamation of Singapore]]: Then prime minister [[Lee Kwan Yew]], tearful on national television, informs the Singaporean people of independence from Malaysia.

== Deaths ==

* 19 - 1390 - [[Babak Masoumi]], [[Iran]]ian [[futsal]] player and coach.{{Citation needed|date=September 2014}}

* 10 - 1302 - [[Warren G. Harding]], 29th President of the United States.

== Observances ==

* [[Simón Bolívar|Birthday of Simón Bolívar]] and [[Navy Day|Colombian and Venezuelan Navy Day]] - 2 Mordad

* [[Amordadegan festival]] - 7 Mordad (Zoroastrian holiday)

* [[Paratroopers' Day]] - 11 Mordad

* [[United States Coast Guard]] Day - 13 Mordad

* [[National Day (Singapore)]] - 18 Mordad

* [[Independence Day (Pakistan)]] - 23 Mordad

* [[Assumption of Mary|Assumption]] and [[Dormition of the Mother of God|Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] and [[Independence Day (India)]] - 23 or 24 Mordad

* [[Independence Day (Indonesia)]] - 26 Mordad

* [[National Aviation Day]] (United States) - 28 Mordad

== References ==

{{Zoroastrianism}}

[[Category:Months of the Iranian calendar]]